MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, MARJORIE (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]
———S. 1587, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, H6816 [4AU]
Articles and editorials
Fannie Mae's Bold Step, Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer, E549
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Budget: submission relative to activities and aggregates within the unified budget (see H.R. 4520), H4164 [26MY]
Hazardous substances: regulation of the burning of waste in cement kilns (see H.R. 4984), H8695 [18AU]
Health: development and operation of women's health regional centers to conduct research, training and education (see H.R. 5083), H9569 [22SE]
House Rules: require CBO verification of Federal balanced budget before consideration of constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (see H. Res. 385), H1253 [10MR]
Kulpsville, PA: authorize comprehensive transportation improvement program (see H.R. 5224), H11199 [6OC]
Motor vehicles: provide Federal assistance for compliance with inspection and maintenance requirements and employee trip reduction requirements under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 5205), H11199 [6OC]
Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program: administrative expenses relative to the Federal budget (see H.R. 4963), H8052 [12AU]
Social Security: improve information on account statements (see H.R. 4521), H4164 [26MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]
Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones (see H.R. 4618), H10727 [4OC]
———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 4669), H10727 [4OC]
———price supports for honey (see H.R. 814, 1853), H43 [25JA], H5871 [19JY]
———price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 3846), H6104 [21JY]
———price supports for wool and mohair (see H.R. 1852), H5871 [19JY]
———prohibit the transfer or marketing of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 559), H9440 [21SE]
Airlines, airports, and aeronautics: guaranteed loans for the purchase of stage 3 aircraft (see H.R. 1433), H6698 [2AU]
Armenia: U.S. policy relative to settlement of disputes with Azerbaijan (see H. Res. 86), H9441 [21SE]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9224 [19SE]
Budget: discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), consideration (see H. Res. 445), H4165 [26MY]
———reform process (see H.R. 2929), H3345 [12MY]
Buses: prohibit the manufacture, sale, or importation of school buses that do not have seat belts (see H.R. 1737), H4958 [23JN]
Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H4390 [13JN]
Children and youth: placement of foster children (see H.R. 3462), H1440 [16MR]
———placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements (see H.R. 3463), H1440 [16MR]
———State administration of child welfare services (see H.R. 3461), H1440 [16MR]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H6454 [28JY]
Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): hearing to determine foreign policy implications of proposed U.S.-Russian space station (see H. Res. 389), H6483 [29JY]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
CPSC: regulation of firearm injuries (see H.R. 3263), H6698 [2AU]
Crime: identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H5655 [13JY]
———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H8053 [12AU]
Dept. of Agriculture: repeal the Market Promotion Program (see H.R. 3772), H5871 [19JY]
———repeal the market promotion program (see H.R. 1921), H6104 [21JY]
Dept. of Defense: F/A-18 aircraft upgrade program (see H.R. 2036), H5871 [19JY]
Dept. of Energy: terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 3513), H5871 [19JY]
———terminate use of liquid metal reactors in disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 2365), H205 [2FE]
Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H5350 [29JN]
———supportive housing for low-income senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 253), H4553 [15JN]
Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 3397), H6104 [21JY]
Drugs: pediatric research and testing for new drugs (see H.R. 4427), H11200 [6OC]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
Employment: leave benefits for adoptive parents (see H.R. 2484), H3791 [20MY]
———mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (see H.R. 4981), H8595 [17AU]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
———require employers to post and to provide information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 2829), H287 [3FE]
Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H1440 [16MR]
Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H3279 [11MY]
Fish and fishing: harvesting of Atlantic striped bass (see H.R. 393), H2913 [28AP]
Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H9569 [22SE]
Foreign loans: collection of debts owed U.S. (see H.R. 3163), H6482 [29JY]
Forests: restraints upon clearcutting (see H.R. 1164), H559 [22FE]
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]
Germany: treatment of Hugo Princz (see H. Res. 323), H84 [26JA]
Goods for Guns Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H11202 [6OC]
Handguns: limitations on transfers to individuals (see H.R. 544), H83 [26JA]
Health: budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H411 [9FE]
———ensure preservation of group health insurance packages and prevent discriminatory practices in health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 256), H6699 [2AU]
———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H4166 [26MY]
———inclusion of breast and cervical cancer screenings and gynecological services in a national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 217), H3056 [4MY]
———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H8696 [18AU]
———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H2838 [26AP]
Helium: selling of reserve stockpiles (see H.R. 1857), H5871 [19JY]
House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H. Res. 451), H4343 [10JN]
Housing: prohibit regulations in federally assisted rental housing restricting elderly residents from owning pets (see H.R. 2145), H3279 [11MY]
Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H5950 [20JY]
International Conference on Population and Development: U.S. role (see H. Con. Res. 234), H9009 [21AU]
Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1441 [16MR]
Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (see H.R. 823), H1957 [23MR]
Medicare: ban on physician referrals to health care providers with which the physician has a financial relationship (see H.R. 345), H5871 [19JY]
———coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4654), H9030 [26AU]
Members of Congress: determination of official mail allowance (see H.R. 1286), H6482 [29JY]
———ensure income increases passed in current Congress do not take effect until the start of the following Congress (see H.R. 392), H5871 [19JY]
Military assistance: prohibit to Governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 3538), H2507 [19AP]
Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H411 [9FE]
Motor vehicles: length and weight limitations for vehicles on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 4496), H5463 [30JN]
NASA: prohibit funds for advanced solid rocket motor program (see H.R. 961), H43 [25JA]
———redirection of funds for space station Freedom to deficit reduction and aviation programs (see H.R. 2050), H6156 [22JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1254 [10MR]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1440 [16MR]
National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H6984 [4AU]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9224 [19SE]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H5872 [19JY]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H5463 [30JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10728 [4OC]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]
National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 743), H5655 [13JY]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]
National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 337), H6483 [29JY]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H3056 [4MY]
NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H8596 [17AU]
Nuclear weapons: national policy of non-proliferation (see H.R. 2076), H43 [25JA]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]
Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H2639 [21AP]
Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H1088 [8MR]
Public lands: designate certain as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, national park and preserve study areas, wild land recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 2638), H9762 [26SE]
———domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 643), H43 [25JA]
Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H680 [23FE]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H2937 [2MY]
Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H4166 [26MY]
Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (see H. Res. 343), H358 [8FE]
Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 1859), H5871 [19JY]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H5462 [30JN]
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H4391 [13JN]
Securities: promote capital formation for small businesses through exempted offerings (see H.R. 4858), H7075 [5AU]
———unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (see H.R. 4535), H4165 [26MY]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1781 [21MR]
Social Security: cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4373), H3222 [10MY]
———eligibility age for Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits (see H.R. 4372), H3222 [10MY]
———gradual increase in the normal and early retirement ages (see H.R. 3591), H205 [2FE]
———improve information on account statements (see H.R. 4374), H3222 [10MY]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1997 [24MR]
States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (see H.R. 4073), H1539 [17MR]
———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H2218 [12AP]
Taxation: contributions to aid construction (see H.R. 846), H357 [8FE]
———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H11001 [5OC]
Terrorism: condemn speech by PLO leader Yasser Arafat (see H. Con. Res. 287), H8754 [19AU]
Tobacco: eliminate price support program (see H.R. 1482), H5871 [19JY]
Tobacco products: CPSC fire safety standards (see H.R. 3885), H1997 [24MR]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: senatorial advice relative to ratification (see H. Con. Res. 15), H1957 [23MR]
U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H3681 [18MY]
Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H10007 [28SE]
Veterans: designation of flag style used at burial (see H.R. 216), H5655 [13JY]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2914 [28AP]
Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H9903 [27SE]
Wetlands: protection (see H.R. 350), H43 [25JA]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H5872 [19JY]
Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H1346 [15MR]
Yugoslavia: U.S. recognition of Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 210), H5548 [12JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1256 [11MR]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H7018
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), H264 [3FE]
Armenia: U.S. policy relative to settlement of disputes with Azerbaijan (H. Res. 86), E2156
Bala Cynwyd, PA: anniversary of West Laurel Hill Cemetery, E1840
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1348 [16MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H1354 [16MR]
———establish direct spending targets (H.R. 4604), H5996 [21JY]
———growth cap on entitlement spending, H5996 [21JY]
———rescission authority, H264 [3FE]
California: disaster assistance for earthquake, H264 [3FE]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, E543
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (H.R. 3425), H163 [2FE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H9074 [12SE]
EPA: regulations on foreign refinery reformulated gasoline imports, H9074 [12SE]
Federal employees: employee training restrictions, and temporary voluntary separation incentive (H.R. 3345), conference report, E543
FNMA: housing for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, E549
Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (H.R. 4142), E2156
Frankel, Mark A.: Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award recipient, E206
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (H. Res. 457), H4763 [21JN]
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11489 [29NO]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, E546
Health: development and operation of women's health regional centers to conduct research, training and education (H.R. 5083), E1917
Holocaust: remembrance, E678
House Rules: require CBO verification of Federal balanced budget before consideration of constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (H. Res. 385), H1257 [11MR]
Jenkintown (PA) Times Chronicle: anniversary, E441
Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, H9419
Ray, Len: Pennsylvania Minority Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E2158
Small business: encourage small and minority-owned businesses to participate in Federal procurement and Government contracts (H.R. 4263), H4298 [10JN]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, E1524
———earnings test for retirement age individuals, E1524
Ursinus College: anniversary, E86
Wynn, W. James: Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award recipient, E206
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H203 [2FE], H558 [22FE], H2366 [14AP], H4089 [25MY], H4776 [21JN], H6103 [21JY], H9156 [13SE], H9568 [22SE]
Tribute, H11551, H11552 [29NO]
Schedules
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Social Security: social security legislation, D1143 [27SE]
Tributes
Biberman, David and Annette, E1085
Herskovitz, Michael, E1262